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SUTTON cum DUCKMANTON, Derbyshire

"SUTTON-CUM-DUCKMANTON, a parish in the hundred of Scarsdale, county Derby, 4½ miles S.E. of Chesterfield, its post town, and 160 from London. In the vicinity are the Duckmanton colliery and iron works. The living is a rectory* with the vicarage of Duckmanton annexed, in the diocese of Lichfield, value £309. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, has several stained windows."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

Bibliography

Here are a series of wonderful books written by local author Pamela Kettle:-

• Kettle, Pamela - Oldcotes. Merton Priory Press, 2000.
  The story of a stately home which vanished, Bess of Hardwick's last building.

• A history of the Hardwick Inn. Published by P Kettle, 1991; 96 pages, paperback.
  
  • ISBN 095181320X

• The history of the Sutton-cum-Duckmanton endowed school, 1693-1936.
  Published by Pamela Kettle, Chesterfield, 1996; 76 pages, paperback.
  
  • ISBN 029518132X

• Sutton Scardale's story - Pt. 1: The Leekes of Sutton.
  Published by Ilkeston : Moorley's Bible & Bookshop, 116 pages, paperback.
  
  • ISBN 086071313X

• Parsons of Sutton-cum-Duckmanton : seven centuries of church life.
  Published by Pamela Kettle, Chesterfield, 1995; 116 pages, paperback.
  
  • ISBN 0951813218

Church Records

• A CD containing a transcription of The Parish Registers of St Mary's Church (CMB 1662-1910) is available for purchase from 'Ancestral Archives'. Added 9 Sep 2007.

• The parish registers of Sutton cum Duckmanton, 1662-1837, edited by Pamela Kettle and Philip Riden, 1992, are available for purchase as one of Derbyshire Record Society Publications.

Directories

• Transcription of section of Kelly's Directory (1891) for Sutton cum Duckmanton by Ann Andrews. Added 6 Dec 2005.

Gazetteers

• The transcription of the section for Sutton cum Duckmanton from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

Manors

• Neil's Local History Site features History and photographs of Sutton Hall.

Population

• Census Statistics - the population figures for the village of Sutton cum Duckmanton are as follows:-

  1801	1811	1821	1831	1841	1851	1861	1871	1881	1891
  515	619	685	700	628	587	507	502	477	721
  1901	1911	1921	1931	1951	1961	1971	1981	1991
  1158	1475	1551	3270 (1578)	1707	1355	1265	1237	1404

  1901, 1911 Inc due to colliery development.

  1931 Inc due to colliery and residential development.

  The above census statistics have been contributed by Joseph Platt.

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